Why is "bien" used in this sentence to say "we did say 7"?
Ça capte mal chez nous - How does this mean "bad reception"? why can't we use "réception"?
On avait bien dit sept heures
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Salut James.
The verb "capter" refers to "reception" or to "pick up" in the informal context of receiving transmitted data/speech. So ça capte is the third person singular of the verb.
The use of "bien" in this context; I think of as an intensifier rather like "indeed" in English to emphasis the point "we did say 7"
Hope this helps.
Bonne journée
Jim
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